{must confess that it is a matter of poignant regret to me that the Government has not been able to embark on a period of reconstruction, and consequently we have not been able to carry out any of the recommendations of the Commission.
Their recommendations are once sound and necessary, some of them even appear me as inevitable and only the day of peace to be carried Me. L. Everett of the steamship line of the who has recently returned to Shanghai—Joseffo. to stay behind with us. On the other hand, I think that nothing Jeould better show my appreciation of the services of the Kemmerer Commission than my request to these gentlemen to remain with us, "Dr, Kemmerer and those members of the Commission who are leaving us, my colleagues and I hi you good-bye and a happy voyage. You carry away with you our gratitude and good-wishes"—Kuo Tae Yocal Naval Reorganization and Disbandment Regional Office will be abolished at the end of June, 1990, had oom" unable definitely establish their meaning. This particular axe had, curiously enough, never passed on to Japan or Korea. The speaker then referred to bronze Is supported on two Wheels which specimens go back to the sixth dynasty and it seemed that these had followed or came along with the socketed axe, Excavations in \Korex In Korea, Japanese experts sent from Japan: were now excavating in selected sites in north west Korea and it had been established that a great settlement of Chinese had been present there about 100 B. C.—probably about 20,000 inhabitants. In elaborate tombs in this district had been found iron swords and Incquer objects of extremely fine quality. These objects were of great] beauty and, it was very interesting to know that the Chinese made such Lord Hailsham, Lord Chancellor in the last British government, who was a visitor to Shanghai last week.
Mr. Howard Bucknell, assistant Chinese Secretary to the U.S. Legation, and a delegate in the Provisional Court negotiations, exquisite lacquer work at this period. The inscriptions on these article enabled them to be accurately dated. In Korea and China, agricultural implements in iron had been found which had been in use between 200
B.C. and 200A. D.
In speaking of jade, Prof. Seligman said that it seemed that the Japanese had never eared much for this precious stone and very little! was found in the collections in Japan.
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